Maximum speed limits in Europe

Speed limits in Europe

There are speed limits on highways and roads in all European countries, except Germany. In Germany, on the part of the highway has no speed limits.

Speed ​​limits in Europe is divided into three, and in some countries on four types. It depends on the type of road on which you are going - within towns, single carriageways and motorways. In some countries, there is another type - dual carriageway or expressway.

Data in the table can be sorted in ascending/descending order by clicking on the column header.

1 In Belarus maximum speed on most of the M1 motorway Brest - Minsk - Russian border is 120 km/h.

2 On the territory of Flemish Region (the northern region of Belgium), the maximum speed outside the city - 70 km/h. In other regions of Belgium, the speed limit - 90 km/h.

3 In Bulgaria maximum speed limit on higway 140 km/h is permitted only in those areas that meet all safety requirements. On the rest highways maximum speed limit — 130 km/h.

4 In the Czech Republic, the speed limit on the motorway within towns is reduced to 80 km/h.

5 In Germany, 130 km/h is the recommended maximum speed on motorways. Many sections of the German motorway network (according to wikipedia more than 50%) are now covered by speed limits, usually ranging from 80 km/h to 130 km/h.

6 In Lithuania, the speed limit on the motorway and expressway from 1 November to 31 March is reduced to 110 km/h.

7 In Norway, there are eight sections of road on which the speed limit was raised to 110 km/h.

8 In Poland, from 23:00 to 05:00 the speed limit in town increases from 50 km/h to 60 km/h.
Outside of the towns on the road with one lane in one direction - 90 km/h, with two lanes in one direction - 100 km/h.
On the expressway with one lane in one direction - 100 km/h, with two lanes in one direction - 120 km/h.

9 For roads that have the status of national or European roads (E85). Speed limit for regional roads is set to 90 km/h.

10 In Sweden, there are seven sections of road on which the speed limit was raised to 120 km/h.